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Research and teaching at the Harz University of Applied Sciences

Harz University of Applied Sciences.

A rapidly developing university of applied sciences: Harz University of Applied Sciences attracts numerous students and academics to the Harz region with its departments of Automation and Computer Science, Administrative Sciences, and Business Studies. Innovative study programs, a modern teaching and research environment and its cosmopolitan flair also make the university attractive for prospective professors.


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The university's highlights

Founded in 1991, the Harz University of Applied Sciences distinguishes itself in particular through its interdisciplinary and forward-looking research and teaching.

Research focus at the Harz University of Applied Sciences

Committed students who are enthusiastically involved in courses and projects

Digital research environment at the Harz University of Applied Sciences

Modern laboratories and high-quality technical research equipment

Working in the heart of the Harz tourism region

International campus with around 3,000 students in an attractive tourist region

Family friendliness at the Harz University of Applied Sciences

Family-friendly university, learning and working in different family life situations

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The departments at a glance

Department
Automation and Computer Science

Department
Administrative Sciences

Department
Business Studies

The Harz University of Applied Sciences in figures

The Harz University of Applied Sciences: 3 faculties in total3

Departments

The Harz University of Applied Sciences: 21 degree programs21

Study programs

3000 students at the Harz University of Applied Sciences3000

Students

470 employees at the Harz University of Applied Sciences470

Employees

Professorships at the Harz University of Applied Sciences75

Professorships

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The locations

The campus of the Harz University of Applied Sciences in Wernigerode

Location Wernigerode

The campus of the Harz University of Applied Sciences in Halberstadt

Location Halberstadt

Main research areas

With its research, the Harz University of Applied Sciences focuses on very specific topics in the fields of science and business - and plays a decisive role in shaping Saxony-Anhalt as a business location. While the three departments of the university of applied sciences each provide independent impetus, two other overarching focal points ensure interdisciplinarity in the research landscape.

Automation and Computer Science

  • Information and communication technologies
  • Climate protection and adaptation to the consequences of climate change
  • Industry 4.0
     

Administrative Sciences

  • Administrative modernization and structural reform
  • Challenges of demographic change
  • Economic development and location management
     

Business Studies

  • Demographic development
  • Digitalization
  • Sustainable development
     

Overarching focus

  • Information and communication technologies

Overarching focus

  • Demographic follow-up research

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I find it enriching that the Harz University of Applied Sciences works closely with local business, industry and public administration. We want to and can help shape the region in this way."

Prof. Dr. Louisa Klemmer
Professor of Tourism Management and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Internationalization at Harz University of Applied Sciences

Insights into the university

The library of the Harz University of Applied Sciences in Halberstadt
Digitalization & Hololens at the Harz University of Applied Sciences
Smart Automation at the Harz University of Applied Sciences
AI research at the Harz University of Applied Sciences
The campus of the Harz University of Applied Sciences in Wernigerode
Campus life at the Harz University of Applied Sciences
Villa of the Harz University of Applied Sciences
AI systems at the Harz University of Applied Sciences
Business Psychology at the Harz University of Applied Sciences
Administrative Sciences at the Harz University of Applied Sciences

What the professors say
at Harz University of Applied Sciences

Universities are internationally positioned, we have many partner universities. If you want to get involved internationally, you can do that very well here."

Prof. Dr. André Niedostadek, Professor of Business, Labour and Social Law at Harz University of Applied Sciences

Prof. Dr. Tobias-Benedikt Blask teaches as HAW professor at the Harz University of Applied Sciences

"I find the students' energy, their questions and their enthusiasm impressive."

Prof. Dr. Tobias-Benedikt Blask

Prof. Dr. Louisa Klemmer works as a lecturer at the Harz University of Applied Sciences

"Here you often know the students by name and don't look at anonymous faces."

Prof. Dr. Louisa Klemmer

Prof. Dr. Angela Kolb-Janssen teaches as a professor at the Harz University of Applied Sciences

"Saxony-Anhalt is as good a place to study as it is to teach - and of course to live."

Prof. Dr. Angela Kolb-Janssen

Prof. Dr.-Ing. René Schenkendorf teaches and researches at the Harz University of Applied Sciences

"The good equipment in the laboratories shows that there is a strong focus on industry-oriented research here."

Prof. Dr.-Ing. René Schenkendorf

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